Latin origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “Baal is Gracious”
From Latin Hannibal, a rendering of Punic 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ḥnbʿl /ḥannībaʿl/, “May the Lord (Baal) grace me”).
Sources for this account (9)
- Wiktionary: HannibalCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- German Wiktionary: HannibalCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Greek Wiktionary: HannibalCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Spanish Wiktionary: HannibalCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- French Wiktionary: HannibalCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Portuguese Wiktionary: HannibalCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Russian Wiktionary: HannibalCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Turkish Wiktionary: HannibalCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
- Wikipedia: Hannibal (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

